rereading Psalms
colors of leaves
a deeper gold
Ellen Grace Olinger
SMILE – No. 71, 2013
Perhaps because
perhaps because
it is Autumn
I think of my mother
the season when
her last illness
began many years ago
and the trees
outside her hospital
window
I read to her
from the Psalms
and poets she would
know from long ago
and new poets too
most of all
I remember her faith
and unconditional love
that is with me still
From the Psalms:
Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty:
neither do I exercise myself in great matters,
or in things too high for me.
Surely I have behaved and quieted myself,
as a child that is weaned of his mother:
my soul is even as a weaned child.
Psalm 131: 1 – 2
stars sky quiet
stars sky quiet
morning hours
years of memories
in my heart soul mind
and grateful for today
From Psalm 67
God be merciful unto us, and bless us;
and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah.
That thy way may be known upon earth,
thy saving health among all nations.
Psalm 67: 1 – 2
Poems from the September Archives
home from mailing
poetry notes
monarch butterfly
greets me
at the back door
2010
mid-day sun
in the south window
geese in flight
2011
still life painting
outside my window
autumn quiet
2012
morning rain
rereading familiar
poems of faith
2013
above
the old garage
autumn treetops
2014
Bible on my shelf
a ribbon holds my place
in the Psalms
2017
rain and wind
flower petals
on the wood porch
2019
new picture
on my study wall
calendar for September
2020
Poems by Ellen Grace Olinger
Large Print Poems
Yesterday we reached 200 Posts at Large Print Poems. The posts so far are from August 2020 – August 2021.
Sunflowers
photos of sunflowers
the field on the way home
from my mother’s home
years and years ago
gave me strength
I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.
Psalm 18: 1
My poem is from a new sequence at Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin:
